Soraya Wahjudi, physiotherapy student at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and gold medallist at the World Taekwondo Beach Championships, has been nominated for the VIVA400. Soraya juggles many ...
Amsterdam will be one of the host cities of the European Football Championship (UEFA EURO 2020) in June and July 2020. What will Amsterdam’s residents and visitors think of this event, and what will volunteers and ...
The Faculty of Health at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Manitoba are about to embark on an intensive cooperation. They will join forces to ...
Ice cream that is high in protein and really tastes good: that’s what elderly people want to see on the menu in their care homes. With this in mind, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) Nutrition and ...
Growing nationalism, migration, a shrinking welfare state: all these changes have a particularly strong effect on vulnerable groups. Occupational therapy, a care- and welfare-oriented profession, is increasingly ...
Amsterdam appointed a new Junior Bicycle Mayor today – 10-year-old Armin Taheri. This initiative was devised by Katelijne Boerma, lecturer and programme manager at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has been awarded four Comenius fellowships. These are associated with grants amounting to a total of €500,000 to stimulate innovation in education.
Ninety per cent of men who go to see a urologist due to difficulty urinating also experience lower back pain. Tom Vredeveld, a physiotherapist and lecturer-researcher at the AUAS, is going to be studying links ...
The Master’s programme Occupational Therapy at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences has been named the best Master in the field of health sciences. This was announced in the annual Master’s Guide (Keuzegids ...
Patients who are hospitalised after a cardiovascular event recover better with cardiac rehabilitation. This means routinely returning to hospital for several consecutive months for a supervised programme of fitness, ...
In Amsterdam, twenty per cent of primary school children have delayed motor development. A test is available that physical education teachers can use to identify these youngsters, but then what? In early 2019, the ...
AUAS is receiving a total of 900,000 euros in RAAK Public Subsidies for three research projects. This has been granted for research into the promotion of a healthy lifestyle among toddlers, cooperation concerning ...
If we want to continue to feed 10 billion people sustainably and healthily in 2050, then we will have to learn to adopt a radically different way of eating. This message from 37 renowned academics got tongues wagging ...
A large proportion of Dutch children have poor motor skills. Researchers at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) have developed a programme to give these children the support they need. The intention ...
Pay a fine, prove yourself and take tests are the messages expressed most frequently in Dutch folders and brochures for refugees. This is the observation of Nadine Blankvoort, lecturer-researcher at AUAS and ...
The new Sport and Nutrition Campus at the AUAS was recently launched on Dr. Meurerlaan. The eye-catcher is the new restaurant, which has been transformed into a luxury food court. Students and staff can taste the ...
The Bajes Quarter (Bajes Kwartier) in the South East of Amsterdam, a new neighbourhood being created on the site of the former Bijlmerbajes prison complex, will be the first new ‘healthy’ housing development in the ...
More than 80,000 residents of Amsterdam feel seriously lonely. This has a negative impact on their participation in society and their health. 27 September marked the launch of national loneliness week, a theme that ...
The care in relation to giving up smoking offered to smokers following a heart attack is not effective. Patients who have stopped by themselves need something completely different, and those continuing to smoke ...
On 22 December, former Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) students of illi Engineering presented their new interactive wall for people with dementia. They now have their first customer: from tomorrow, ...
